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Battlefield 1943 on PCs pushed into 2010

Battlefield 1943 is already a hit on consoles, but PC gamers will have to cool …

Battlefield 1943 takes the multiplayer series into a slightly new direction with a faster-paced approach to the classic formula. It's already a huge hit on consoles, but PC gamers are going to have to wait until next year to get their hands on the game.

"We haven't released a Frostbite [DICE's game engine] built game on PC, so going into this project we lacked a starting foundation we had on Console. There are also many different and unique challenges to the PC that has lead to us pushing the release even further to Q1 CY 2010 [early next year]," producer Gordon Van Dyke told G4tv.com. "This was a hard pill to swallow, but it was absolutely needed to ensure the features and functionality that PC Players have come to expect from Battlefield on PC are not missing." What are those things? Direct X 9 and 10 support, 32 player matches, support for joysticks for flying, and voice over IP.

The game has enjoyed a large following on consoles, but the PC version looks to be the definitive release for the game... once it's out. Let's hope the game is stacked with features when we finally get our mice and keyboards all over it.